Mahābhārata · 7.36.27–28
॥
Devanāgarī
तस्य भित्त्वा तनुत्राणं देहं निर्भिद्य चाशुगः ॥
प्राविशद् धरणीं राजन् वल्मीकम् इव पन्नगः ॥
स तेनातिप्रहारेण व्यथितो विह्वलन्न् इव ॥
संचचाल रणे कर्णः क्षितिकम्पे यथाचलः ॥
Transliteración (IAST)
tasya bhittvā tanutrāṇaṃ dehaṃ nirbhidya cāśugaḥ ||
prāviśad dharaṇīṃ rājan valmīkam iva pannagaḥ ||
sa tenātiprahāreṇa vyathito vihvalann iva ||
saṃcacāla raṇe karṇaḥ kṣitikampe yathācalaḥ ||
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
तस्यtasyahis [Karna's]; his
भित्त्वाbhittvāpiercing [having pierced]; piercing
तनुत्राणम्tanutrāṇamarmor [mail]; armor
देहम्dehambody; body
निर्भिद्यnirbhidyapiercing [passing through]; passing through
चcaand; —
आशुगःāśugaḥthe swift [arrow]; the swift [arrow]
प्राविशत्prāviśatentered [went]; went
धरणीम्dharaṇīm[into] the earth; into the earth
राजन्rājanO king; O king
वल्मीकम्valmīkam[into] an anthill; [into] an anthill
इवivalike [as]; just as
पन्नगःpannagaḥa serpent; a serpent
सःsaḥhe [Karna]; he
तेनtenaby that; by that
अतिप्रहारेणatiprahāreṇamighty blow; mighty blow
व्यथितःvyathitaḥshaken [stricken]; shaken
विह्वलन्vihvalanreeling [faltering]; reeling
इवivaas if [like]; —
संचचालsaṃcacālaswayed [staggered]; staggered
रणेraṇein battle; in the fight
कर्णःkarṇaḥKarna; Karna
क्षितिकम्पेkṣitikampein an earthquake; [as] in an earthquake
यथाyathāas [like]; —
अचलःacalaḥa mountain; a mountain
Traducción
Piercing his [Karna's] armor and passing through his body, the swift arrow went into the earth, O king, just as a serpent goes into an anthill. Karna, shaken by that mighty blow, staggered and reeled in the battle, like a mountain in an earthquake.
Versión
b02e558d4b22 · publicado 19 jul 2026, 15:22:09 UTC
Disponible enRUENPasa de verso en verso con
The boy makes Karna himself -- the most fearsome of enemies -- stagger, 'like a mountain in an earthquake.' A child shakes the one thought immovable: even the greatest could not withstand his arrow. It is telling that the tradition likens Karna to a mountain, and the boy to the force of an earthquake capable of shaking even a mountain. The verse teaches that nothing on earth is so immovable that true valor cannot shake it; that even the greatest warrior is vulnerable, and the boy's blow shakes him as the depths of the earth shake a mountain; and that in this shaking of Karna the height of Abhimanyu's glory reveals itself -- he, a child, for a moment overcame the mightiest, and that moment will remain in memory, whatever his fate may prove to be.